Scarface AI and the Crime Crusaders BLANK SCARFACE AL AND THE CRIME CRUSADERS Chicago's Private War Against Capone Dennis E. Hoffman Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville Copyright © 1993 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University Paperback edition 2010 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 10 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hoffman, Dennis E. Scarface Al and the crime crusaders: Chicago’s private war against Capone / Dennis E. Hoffman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Organized crime—Illinois—Chicago—Prevention—Case studies. 2. Crime prevention—Illinois—Chicago—Citizen participation—Case studies. 3. Capone, Al, 1899–1947. I. Title. HV6452.I3C6 1993 93-16865 364.4’3’0977311—dc20 CIP ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3004-1 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3004-0 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-1925-1 (cloth) ISBN-10 0-8093-1925-X (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-8596-6 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-8596-1 (ebook) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To my wife, Colleen BLANK Contents Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 The Rest of the Al Capone Story 1 2 Who Were the Crime Crusaders? 10 3 Why the Feds Stepped In 24 4 Frank J. Loesch and the Quest for Free Elections 34 5 Chicago's Answer to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre 71 6 The Colonel, Jake, and Scarface Al 90 7 Labeling Capone 110 8 The Mystery of the Secret Six 141 9 Whatever Happened to the Crime Crusaders? 165 Notes 177 Index 189 BLANK Illustrations following page 60 Charles G. Dawes, whose lobbying of President Coolidge proved to be the real reason that the federal government inter- vened in the organized crime situation in Chicago 61 Frank J. Loesch in his office at 300 N. Adams, the headquar- ters of the Chicago Crime Commission 62 Burt A. Massee, foreman of the coroner's jury that investi gated the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, is the sixth person from the right in this picture of the reenactment of the mas- sacre 63 Calvin H. Goddard, premier ballistics expert, came to Chicago from New York to solve the St. Valentine's Day Massacre 64 Henry Barrett Chamberlin, operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission from 1919 to 1942, labeled Al Capone "Pub- lic Enemy Number One" 64 Colonel Robert R. McCormick, owner of the Chicago Tribune, on the day he testified before the grand jury investigating the Jake Lingle murder in 1930 65 Robert Isham Randolph, president of the Association of Com merce, led one of the strangest gangbusting outfits of all time into combat against Al Capone in 1930 66 Samuel Insull, public utilities magnate, bankrolled the Secret Six 67 Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and merchant, belonged to the Secret Six 68 Edward E. Gore, public accountant, held joint memberships in the Secret Six and the Chicago Crime Commission 69 George A. Paddock, stockbrocker, held joint memberships in the Secret Six and the Chicago Crime Commission 69 "Scarface AI" Capone, the most famous gangster in American history, strikes a classic pose 70 ix